Chania

== English == === Alternative forms === Hania === Etymology === From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános). === Proper noun === Chania A city, the capital of Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece. A regional unit of Crete, around the city. ==== Synonyms ==== Canea (chiefly historical); Cydonia, Kydonia (historical) ==== Translations ==== === References === Nikolaos Platon (1947), Κρητικά Χρονικά Α [Kretika Chronika 1]. === Anagrams === aincha